The MWDA is a non-profit organization, formed by members (migrant workers) and volunteers, practicing mutual aid to learn and transform the world. Our members collectively, and by consensus, lead the organization through an intersectional lens, pooling their resources together and participating in migrant liberation struggles in Canada and abroad.

OUR WORK

Since most migrant workers face unjust working and living conditions as a result of geographic isolation, racialization, truncated access to social services in languages other than theirs, and an exclusive link to a singular employer, our work often includes projects that address these needs. The MWDA assists migrant workers, free of charge, to solve any issues they may have – whether with employers, government institutions, or in everyday life – always seeking collective solutions that promote organization through an intersectional lens. This is why the first step of participating with the MWDA is for migrant workers to organize an initial workshop with their coworkers and friends, and help spread the word about the MWDA if they know of someone in need.

We are committed to placing the workers and their needs at the centre of our projects and advocacy work, facilitating collective decision-making for how our organization can best support them while they are living in Canada and abroad. This work is necessarily intersectional as patriarchal oppression, processes of capitalist dispossession in their native countries, and racialization condition their lived experiences. The MWDA therefore intends to contribute to a liberatory movement in which workers’ autonomy go together with the self-determination of women, indigenous, people of colour and LGBTQ communities.The majority of our projects are geared towards migrant farm workers and implemented in BC, but we also provide services, information, and support to migrant workers and folks with precarious status across Canada and in Mexico and Guatemala as needed.

PARTICIPATE

Offer your skills to the workersIf you have skills that are useful for workers, or if you can volunteer some of your time to help solve cases (health, income taxes, etc.), we’d love to hear from you!

Organize activities in your communityYou can help organize an event with us at your school, church, union, etc., where folks can learn, in a fun and engaging activity, more about the situation of Temporary Foreign Workers, and what they can do to help.

Participate in our eventsWe host a Father’s Day celebration in June, and partner with other organizations to commemorate International Migrants Day in December. Throughout the year, we host several workshops with workers, and we can always use your help.

Research and write grantsWhile we can achieve many things as a volunteer-run organization, we have projects that require some extra resources that grants could help make a reality. If you are knowledgeable in this area, we definitely can use your help.